*Before you start: If you are curious about who the 'halfsibs' are, then please, head to my profile and click on the link that's in my bio. It'll give you some info on the OC that's in this fanfic (she arrives in the next chapter, don't worry). Thank you!*
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It had been a few days after Lloyd had returned to the team, no longer possessed and unharmed. Now, the guys were on the lookout for Morro's return, wary that he show up at any time.
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Cole had taken the watch duty for the rest of the evening, while Nya was near the back of the ship, working on what she called her "latest project". Lloyd was inside the bounty, still resting from the incident, as his energy was taking its time to return. He wasn't completely immobile, however, as he did get up now and then to get food or have a chat with any of the other ninja. Sensei stopped his meditation to check on him every now and then to see if he was in need of anything, but the green ninja was making a steady recovery. Kai had been searching with Ronin for Jay and Zane, who had both disappeared when the two took off after what the ninja thought was Morro and his gang of ghosts. So far, there was still no trace of the two missing ninja as the day drew to a close.
The ninja had all taken shelter to a vast range of mountains, near the tomb of the First Spinjitzu Master, in an attempt to loose Morro until Lloyd was able to fight again. However, what they didn't know was that Morro was one step ahead of them - he had followed them to their "hideout", and landed on a cliff directly above from where the ninja were. This was so that they had direct access to the ninja and would not loose them if they decided to move. However, their only flaw was this: a large boulder-like wall was protecting them from being noticed, but this also affected their view on the ninja. The group of ghosts were now discussing among themselves about what to do with the ninja, now that Lloyd was with them.
"Alright, Morro, you brought us here for a reason. What's the plan this time?"
"To split the ninja apart. I learned something new last night, and I want to test it out. Now, not all of the ninja are down there, as we've all noticed. I was thinking about getting either of the 'missing' ninja and using it on them, or whichever we find first."
"It sounds like a good one," Spyder said, sounding a little uninterested, "but how are we supposed to find them? It's not like they aren't already looking for their friends."
"That's where Souler and I come in. We both have dragons; we both can search for them. Now, here's what we're going to do."
Meanwhile, Kai and Ronin had returned to the bounty, unpacking from the search.
"Well, we were sort of successful." Ronin spoke, hoping out of Rex, along with Kai.
"It's either you were successful or you weren't successful." Cole replied, not taking his eyes off the skies for anything out of the ordinary.
"We didn't find the realm crystal, but..."
"But?"
"But we found Jay." Ronin said as Kai stood next to him, Jay on his other side. Nya ran up to Jay and gave him a quick hug and then gestured for him to follow her. He did, of course, and the two then spent the remainder of the evening working on Nya's invention.
"Any luck finding Zane?" Lloyd called from the sail of the bounty, leaning against it.
"No. Jay said that even they were separated during the chase, and he hasn't seen him since. The reason that he was gone for so long was because of his powers. They weren't fully back yet, like ours, and so his dragon didn't last for long. He's not sure if the same happened to Zane, but he thinks so."
"Where do you think he could be now?" Ronin asked, as the two boarded the ship.
"No idea." Kai replied, shaking his head. "I'm worried. It hasn't been that long since we rescued him from Chen's island. What would we do if we lost him for good this time?"
"We don't know that." Lloyd said, a small hint of irritation in his voice.
"Best to stay positive." Cole said, and the others nodded. As stars began to dot the sky, the ninja headed in for the night, unaware that Souler had taken a quick survey of their status.
The ghost had returned to Morro, on his own smaller dragon.
"They haven't found the crystal, but I saw the blue ninja among them."
"We can still find the silver one." Bansha said, and Souler turned to Morro.
"Then it's settled. Let's go look for that remaining ninja."
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A/N: In case you were wondering, Souler is the name for a ghost I came up with. He's pretty much a scout for Morro or whatever and also has a dragon due to his accidental exposure to Morro's powers or something (also I made it so that Morro still has his dragon since he did possess Lloyd and in this AU I decided he would have a small amount of lingering powers of Lloyd's still in him). If you think this story is bad, then please, just don't read it. It isn't worth your time to make a bad review about it, because I know it's pretty terrible. But hey, your choice (however, if you do like this story, then thank you! c: ). Also, happy new year! :D Hope 2016 is great for you~!